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Thursday, December 02, 2010

Queens trails New York City's other boroughs when it comes to the recovery in the housing market, according to new city data compiled by New York University's Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy.

Friday, November 26, 2010

With Thanksgiving weekend marking the traditional start to the holiday shopping season, retailers are offering big discounts to draw in shoppers. But many New Yorkers say they're opting out of Black Friday, preferring to shop closer to the December holidays and online.

Tuesday, November 09, 2010

Since the financial crisis hit in September 2008, the city has added a record 9,200 hotel rooms, 10 percent of total supply. Experts say before the financial crisis, Manhattan hotels turned customers away because there was so much demand. Now, there are lower rates and less demand.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

An industry of data collectors and data interpreters that has emerged around elections and the millions of dollars of business they generate every year. Politicians want this information because they're trying to figure out who you are and how you view the world, so they can do a better job winning you over.

Friday, October 15, 2010

Prudential Douglas Elliman reports that in Brooklyn, a typical home sold for $485,504 from July to September, up 2 percent from the same period a year ago. But in Queens, the median price slipped 2 percent to $355,000.

Thursday, October 07, 2010

Former State Comptroller Alan Hevesi plead guilty today for accepting nearly $1 million in gifts and campaign contributions from a money manager who landed hundreds of millions of dollars worth of business from the state’s giant pension fund. Hevesi’s guilty plea marks the seventh in an ongoing investigation by Attorney General Andrew Cuomo into a “pay-to-play” scheme at the pension fund.

Friday, October 01, 2010

William Dudley, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, called the current outlook on jobs and inflation "unacceptable" today and said the U.S. Federal Reserve will almost certainly offer more support to the U.S. economy in the future.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

New York newspapers began reporting Tuesday that former state comptroller Alan Hevesi was going to plead guilty to a felony corruption charge. State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, who is the Democratic candidate for governor, has refused to comment on the case, even though it is his office who has been investigating Hevesi.

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